Are These in Captivity?

King-of-Saxony is not kept.

I don't think there's any Blood Pheasant in public collections at least. Maybe privately but few if any.

The lizards wouldn't surprise me, though I can't find any confirmation currently.

Hoatzin has been kept historically, the only place that might have them currently is National Aviary of Colombia. I believe the bird they had has since died, another may have turned up in the meantime but I wouldn't count on it. The species just doesn't do well long-term in captivity.

 

Besides an aquaculture farm, where can I see a large captive Chinook salmon?

 

Oregon Coast Aquarium has some in their Costal Waters Aquarium

 

Salmon are less common in aquaria due to the tendency for shorter lifespans. They're still around though.

 

Are royal spoonbills kept outside of Australia?

 

None in NA or Europe afaik.

 

Mountain Gorila?
White-Necked Rockfowl?
Gray Go-Away Bird?
Takahe?
Any vanga species?
Bobbit worms?

 

Yes, but mostly not intentionally. They occasionally come in on live rock and can live for a long time in the rock undetected, especially in large tanks. When found they are normally removed because they will eat fish but a few keepers keep them in separate tanks. JAZA lists a holding of Bobbit Worm at Kushimoto Marine Park.

 

None. They are all lowlands.

Historically yes, but no longer.

There's a few about.

Yes, a couple places in NZ maintain them.

Sickle-billed was kept at Walsrode until recently, no others have been held. (At least outside Madagascar)

As has been mentioned, they usually come in incidentally. A couple places do display them though.

 

Found some additional information about the history of the Wuppertal barn swallows.
The orgin of the breeding-programm was the bad weather in the autumn of 1974. Because of this bad weather the public brought a large number of barn swallows to the zoo and a small number was kept alive and placed in a large aviary. Already in 1975 the first barn swallows were bred and from then on every year good numbers were bred.
1979 2 captive-bred swallows were released on the zoo-grounds and in 1980 wild barn swallows were found breeding in the elephant-house for the first time in decades ! Because the 1979-released birds had not been banded it was not known if the breeding-birds were the released birds of 1979.
1980 not only the wild-birds were succesfull, also the captive-colony raised no less the 12 young !

 

What and how were the Swallows fed- did they learn to take non-moving food?

 

I’m told they easily learn to take inanimate food from a dish, as well as live insects


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